Kolkata Knight Riders’ Varun Chakravarthy jumped to third in the race for the IPL 2024 Purple Cap after his two-wicket haul against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Qualifier 1.
SRH pacer T Natarajan took a wicket against KKR in the race to enter the Purple Cap top five.
While Punjab Kings Harshal Patel continued to lead the wicket-takers charts with 24 wickets, Mumbai Indians pacer .Jasprit Bumrah is in second position with 20 wickets.
Here is the list of the leading wicket-takers of IPL 2024:
| Player | Team | Mat | Wkts. | Econ. | Avg. | BBI |
| Harshal Patel | PBKS | 14 | 24 | 9.73 | 19.87 | 3/15 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | MI | 13 | 20 | 6.48 | 16.80 | 5/21 |
| Varun Chakaravarthy | KKR | 13 | 20 | 8.18 | 19.65 | 3/16 |
| Arshdeep Singh | PBKS | 14 | 19 | 10.03 | 26.57 | 4/29 |
| T Natarajan | SRH | 12 | 18 | 9.12 | 23.50 | 4/19 |
*Updated after KKR vs SRH Qualifier 1 on May 21
PURPLE CAP SEASON-WISE LIST
| Year | Player | Team | Matches | Wickets | Average | Strike rate | Economy | BBI |
| 2023 | Mohammed Shami | GT | 17 | 28 | 18.64 | 13.92 | 8.03 | 4/11 |
| 2022 | Yuzvendra Chahal | RR | 17 | 27 | 19.51 | 15.11 | 7.75 | 5/40 |
| 2021 | Harshal Patel | RCB | 15 | 32 | 14.34 | 10.56 | 8.14 | 5/27 |
| 2020 | Kagiso Rabada | DC | 17 | 30 | 18.26 | 13.30 | 8.34 | 4/24 |
| 2019 | Imran Tahir | CSK | 17 | 26 | 16.57 | 14.84 | 6.69 | 4/12 |
| 2018 | Andrew Tye | KXIP | 14 | 24 | 18.66 | 14.00 | 8.00 | 4/16 |
| 2017 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | SRH | 14 | 26 | 14.19 | 12.00 | 7.05 | 5/19 |
| 2016 | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | SRH | 17 | 23 | 21.30 | 17.20 | 7.42 | 4/29 |
| 2015 | Dwayne Bravo | CSK | 17 | 26 | 16.38 | 12.00 | 8.14 | 3/22 |
| 2014 | Mohit Sharma | CSK | 16 | 23 | 19.65 | 14.00 | 8.39 | 4/14 |
| 2013 | Dwayne Bravo | CSK | 18 | 32 | 15.53 | 11.70 | 7.95 | 4/42 |
| 2012 | Morne Morkel | DD | 16 | 25 | 18.12 | 15.10 | 7.19 | 4/20 |
| 2011 | Lasith Malinga | MI | 16 | 28 | 13.39 | 13.50 | 5.95 | 5/13 |
| 2010 | Pragyan Ojha | DC | 16 | 21 | 20.42 | 16.80 | 7.29 | 3/26 |
| 2009 | RP Singh | DC | 16 | 23 | 18.13 | 15.50 | 6.98 | 4/22 |
| 2008 | Sohail Tanvir | RR | 11 | 22 | 12.09 | 11.22 | 6.46 | 6/14 |